Shifting from Preventative to Predictive with AVIAN
Drew Hanover
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Oct 20, 2025
In today's market, doing more with less is integral to survival.
As more and more mills announce curtailments, layoffs, and face a challenging business climate, doing more with less can often be the difference between the winners and losers.
For the planer mill operator, you guys know this deeply.
Precious seconds lead to thousands of dollars per hour in lost productivity.
And with less experienced operational personnel, you need a system that has your back.
Take this planer for example. Running through hundreds of boards/minute - even the slightest downtime leads to thousands of dollars in lost productivity.
That's why we have been continuously developing our predictive maintenance algorithms which analyze the behavior across your planer mill, looking at temperature dynamics of the cutting heads, pressure plates, rollers, and hydraulics to help you identify how to optimize your setup to get more out of less, while also scheduling maintenance before a catostrophic failure leads to lost production time.
Our Workbench tab offers insights on how your setup is performing, informing you of anomalies when present. We tell you exactly when, and where an anomaly was detected and how to remedy it.

Every single one of our planer mill installations has been able to prevent failures and improve their setup leading to reduced maintenance, increased productivity, and peace of mind that your operations are being monitored by a qualified system.
If you are interested, reach out to our team, and be sure to sign up for our newsletter where we provide insights like this on a weekly basis.
Regards,
Drew Hanover
CTO & Co-Founder